Welding wire for carbon electrode arc welding



Patented Dec. 13, 1938 2,140,237

WELDING WIRE FOR CARBON ELECTRODE ARC WELDING Franz Leitner, Kaptenberg, Stelermark, Austria No Drawing. Application March 9, 1937, Serial No. 129,922. In Austria and Germany March 2 Claims.

In recent years arc welding with carbon electrodes has grown more and more important. Thin-sheet welding is generally carried out without any filler rods; welding on structural work,

1. e., fatigue strength figures drop very low with unfavorable forms of the welded seam.

Welding wires for carbon electrode welding in a composition as disclosed in this invention prohowever,with thicker sections to be joined filler duce a sort of welded seam and surface that 5 material is necessary. Such filler material may, e re p cu y high alternating Strength of according to the special nature of the joint be the welded construction. A wide series of exgiven various forms (round-, square-section or periments led to t e discovery t Such ev any other profile). able results can be achieved only with welding 10 Up to now, in connection with carbon electrode Wires the chemical composition of which falls 30 arc welding ordinary iron wires have been used W hin t e limits of this i ve t on. which, however, bring about the disadvantage e d n W s Shelving t e aforesaid a m nthat the structure of such a seam is not of the tages had for example the following composition: desired homogeneity so that only poor strength Per cent figures can be arrived at. But particularly to Carbon about (M5 to 045 15 be pointed out is the unsatisfactory form of the mangagese 8 "i" to welded seam produced with ordinary iron rods, silicon abut "II": to 1 for as a rule it is impossible with such a wire sulphur about? to 006 to lay a fillet weld with a smooth gradual transi- F Pnospholus, about 0.01s to 0.045

20 tion from parent to filler material; furthermore,

surface irregularities of the weld are clearly Adding p to ti anium, up to 0.50% djsclgsed aluminum or up to 1.2% zirconium either in- Fusion welding with carbon electrodes is bound dividuelly 0 n Combinations Within e St ed to quite different conditions than any other kind limits has yet further improved the Physical 2.1 of fusion welding. properties; and this improvement can for another With oxyacetylene method for example, the Step e a m nted by the pr n e f up to 8.0% temperature of the source of heat is considerably nickel, up to magnesium, up t c lower than with carbon electrode arcwelding. m, up to 3% tungsten, up to 2% molybden In addition the gas flame provides quite a differp to Cobalt, p o Vanadium, p to so out metallurgical influence upon the flller matetantalum, and p to ppe making rial, because the flam is so adjusted t t 0xy it possible to adjust the composition of the welddation is negligible. Moreover, the gas too promg Wire s fell as s can be done to t physical duced by the flame shields the weld metal from p p es of t e Parent metal- The composition contact With the ambient atmosphere. of a Welding Wire to m t Sueh high equ e ents Carbon electrode arc welding is bound to subhas been! stantially higher temperatures and a principally Per cent different kind of flame; therefore, the metallurgi- Carbon, about 10 cal conditions too are of quite another nature Manganese, abo which aifect the fluid metal. Because of these Silicon, about 44) different metallurgical conditions and in par- C i about ticular in view of the desired quality of the welded Nickel, about 553 seam, only filler material of a certain composit about 10 tion can ensure best physical properties and a um, abe 1i} favorable form of the welded seam. Carbon electrode arc welding provides a more Wlth metal electrode Weldmg the K economical procedure of welding joints than it Struck by the metal rod W591i or by the matenal has been possible with either the ordinary type 01 U for m for g h mate electric are or oxyacetylene method. Advanrlal melts within the arc, 1s given a considerable tageously this way of Welding can be applied overheating 1. e agam another metallurgical proalso fo automatic lding, By using filler ma- 50 Cedure and agam canmg for another chemical terial as claimed in this invention all primorcommsifion of the finer material to ensure dial conditions are fully met with to enable proileeiel p p clucing welds of the necessary physical quality It is known that in particular on structural also with carbon electrodes. This smoothens the work subjected to alternating loads the form of path for a general introduction. of this type of the seam is considered to be a. deciding factor electrode also for high-class welded joints.

There are welding wires for oxyacetylene and electric arc welding known in the art possessing more or less similar alloyings with the wire composition claimed in this invention. Such wires have, however, neither been applied for carbon electrode arc welding, which proceeds under quite different conditions, nor have they been recognized to be applicable for such purpose.

I claim:

1. A welding wire for carbon electrode arc welding containing up to 0.45% carbon, 0.25 to 1% silicon, 0.20 to 3% manganese, not more than 0.06% sulphur, not more than 0.045% phosphorus, at least one metal selected from the group consisting of up to 1.2% zirconium, up to 0.50% aluminum, up to 0.80% titanium, up to 0.40% vanadium, up to 1.50% tantalum and up to 0.30% magnesium, and the reminder iron.

2. A welding wire for carbon electrode arc welding containing up to 0.45% carbon, 0.25 to 1% silicon, 0.20 to 3% manganese, not more than 0.06% sulphur, not more than 0.045% phosphorus, at least one metal selected from the group consisting of up to 1.2% zirconium, up to 0.50% aluminum, up to 0.80% titanium, up to 0.40% vanadium, up to 1.50% tantalum and up to 0.30% magnesium, and at least one metal selected from the group consisting of up to 8% nickel, up to 2% molybdenum, up to 3% tungsten, up to 5% chromium, up to 2% cobalt and up to 2% copper and the remainder iron.

' FRANZ LEI'INER. 

